Eleven candidates will be on the Nov. 6 ballot for election to the 47th Kalamazoo City Commission, including six of seven incumbents.

Incumbent David Juarez, who was appointed to the commission in January to fill a seat vacated by Mary Balkema when she left to become Kalamazoo County Treasurer, will not seek another term.

Kalamazoo Homeless Action Network's Angie Suarez and Jonathan Braun fell short of getting at least the 50 required signatures of registered voters on their petitions by the 5 p.m. Oct. 5 deadline.

The top vote-getter in the at-large election becomes mayor, the next highest finisher becomes vice mayor, and the next five finishers win seats as commissioners.
The candidates for the seven, two-year terms up for grabs are:

° Don Cooney, incumbent (i), 1221 Vassar Drive.

° Bobby Hopewell (i), 525 Stuart Ave.

° Barbara Miller (i), 2523 Winchell Ave.

° Hannah McKinney (i), 1425 Grand Ave.

° Sean McCann (i), 614 Axtell St.

° David Anderson (i), 513 Stuart Ave.

° Stephanie L. Moore, 414 W. Paterson St.

° Brian Shaff, 1442 W. Main St.

° Tammy Barnard, 1205 Lake St.

° Angela Jackson, 2124 Inverness Ave.

° Aaron Davis, 2408 S. Rose St.

Absentee ballots: Absentee ballots will be available Wednesday, Oct. 17. To obtain an absentee ballot, call the city clerk's office at 337-8793 or go to the office at City Hall, 241 W. South St.

For more information on the election, visit the Web site www.kalamazoocity.org/vote.